In general, areas with higher socioeconomic advantage have lower proportions of people smoking tobacco daily. In 2022-23, Australians living in the most disadvantaged socioeconomic areas were 3.3 times as likely to smoke as those in the most advantaged areas.

Smoking prevalence also varies according to ‘remoteness’. In general, there are higher proportions of daily smoking in remote areas, compared to metropolitan locations. In 2022-23, people who lived in remote or very remote areas were 2.9 times as likely to smoke as those who lived in major cities.